At the Back of the North Wind Illustrated - online book

A Complete Illustrated children's fantasy book by George MacDonald.

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	Diamond Takes a Fare           259 managed it differently. There was a cry and a running to and fro in the house, and then all was quiet again. Almost as soon as Mr. Evans went in, the wind began to cease, and was now still. Diamond found that by making the breeching just a little tighter than was quite comfortable for the old horse he could do very well for the present; and, thinking it better to let him have his bag in this quiet place, he sat on the box till the old horse should have eaten his dinner. In a little while Mr. Evans came out, and asked him to come in. Dia­mond obeyed, and to his de­light Miss Cole­man put her arms round him and kissed him, and there was pay­ment for him ! not to mention the five precious shillings she gave him, which he could not refuse be­cause his mother wanted them so much at home for his father. He left them nearly as happy as they were themselves.